Wednesday, January 11, 2017

5 Tips on Creating the Perfect Instagram Feed

Have you ever wondered how all those fashion
bloggers on instagram have the perfect feed and how they manage to create a
consistent, easily recognizable theme?

I know I have! So
I surfed the interwebs for tips and I believe I found the seven perfect
ingredients to making eyecatching, beautiful instagram feeds. Here they are:

1.Keep it bright and don’t over-edit

People are
naturally attracted to brighter images, as they are visually more appealing. If
possible – always shoot photos in natural light, but if you can’t – just use
the “Exposure” tool on the Instagram app to instantly brighten up. Slide it to the right until you are happy with the result. You can also use the "Shadows" tool to make the photos brighter without overexposing them.

Before

After

Another tip is to
use the “teeth withening” tool on FaceTune and instead of whitening your tooh
(though you might wanna do that as well) – use it to brighten up the background
of your photos or any small objects that you want to stand out more.

Also – lay down
on the filters! Statistics show that people tend to prefer photos that (seem)
more natural. But if you really want to slap on some Aden or Nashville – at
least try to stick to the same filter for all your photos, so that it gives
them a somewhat consistent theme.

2.Lots of negative space

Have you heard
that saying “less is more”? That applies to your instagram photos as well. Try
to take photos that focus on 1-3 main elements and the rest is just negative
space. Busy photos, where there are lots of items or a lot happening, are
distracting to the eye.

3. Boost your flatlays with marble

Have you seen
those chic flatlays on instagram with items placed on gorgeous marble surfaces?
Beautiful, right? Guess what - in 8 out 10 cases that marblecountertop is fake, and you can fake it too!
How? Just buymarble self-adhesive film
from any craft store and stick to a cardboard. The lovely Hariette from “With
Lipstick and Love” has a very quick tutorial on how to do this – “How to Fake a Marble Flat Lay”.

Photos by http://www.withlipstickandlove.co.uk

4. Diversify

Don’t post two of
the same kind of photos one after the other. Your selfie game may be on point
but it gets somewhat boring when someone’s feed consists primarily of their
face. :) Switch it up and try to create patterns that work for you (selfie –
landscape – quote – flatlay – my cat for an example). That way your feed will
look much more diversified and would appeal to wider range of people.

Do this

Not This

5. VSCO Themes

My last and
biggest tip and what I have found to be the ultimate game-changer is using the
VSCO Cam app and choosing a photo edit combination that works for you and
applying it to all the photos you post. Just type “instagram theme” in
Pinterest and many images will pop-up showing you what combination of settings
you need to apply to get the desired effect (click on it to see it larger):

Here is a before
and after on one of my own images after applying one of the VSCO filters and settings combo:

before

after

And there you
have it – my 5 quick tips on how to make your instagram feed envy-worthy. :)